Howard University School of Law
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Howard University School of Law is a historically Black law school in Washington, D.C., renowned for its pivotal role in civil rights legal advocacy and the education of prominent African American lawyers and judges.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard University School of Law canonical | 35 |
| Howard University School of Law (nearby) | 1 |
| https://law.howard.edu (Howard University School of Law main site) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T88337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard University School of Law Context triple: [Howard University, hasSchool, Howard University School of Law]
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University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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B.
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
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C.
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law is a Washington, D.C.–based law school known for its programs in public interest, constitutional, and canon law within a Catholic intellectual tradition.
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D.
Howard University
Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
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E.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard University School of Law Target entity description: Howard University School of Law is a historically Black law school in Washington, D.C., renowned for its pivotal role in civil rights legal advocacy and the education of prominent African American lawyers and judges.
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A.
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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B.
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
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C.
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law is a Washington, D.C.–based law school known for its programs in public interest, constitutional, and canon law within a Catholic intellectual tradition.
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Howard University
Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
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E.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graduate school
ⓘ
historically Black law school ⓘ law school ⓘ |
| accreditation | American Bar Association ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
ⓘ
linked to:
HBCUs
|
| barPassageFocus | preparation for bar examination ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| colors |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| country |
USA
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Howard University ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| hasDean | Danielle Holley-Walker ⓘ |
| hasStudentOrganization |
Howard Human and Civil Rights Law Review
ⓘ
Howard Law Journal ⓘ Moot court program ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central institution in legal strategy against racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pivotal role in U.S. civil rights legal advocacy
ⓘ
producing prominent African American judges ⓘ training African American civil rights lawyers ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| library |
Howard University Law Library
ⓘ
linked to:
Howard University Libraries
|
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association of American Law Schools ⓘ |
| mission | to provide legal education with an emphasis on civil rights and social justice ⓘ |
| motto | A Tradition of Excellence ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Charles Hamilton Houston
ⓘ
Douglas Wilder ⓘ Pauli Murray ⓘ Spottswood Robinson III ⓘ
linked to:
Spottswood W. Robinson III
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Vernon Jordan ⓘ
linked to:
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
William Hastie ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Juris Doctor
ⓘ
Master of Laws ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
civil rights law program
ⓘ
clinical legal education ⓘ public interest law program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Howard University ⓘ |
| partOf | Howard University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| religiousAffiliation | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
civil rights law
ⓘ
social justice law ⓘ |
| state | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| type | private law school ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Howard University School of Law Description of subject: Howard University School of Law is a historically Black law school in Washington, D.C., renowned for its pivotal role in civil rights legal advocacy and the education of prominent African American lawyers and judges.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Thoroughgood Marshall
linked to: Howard University School of Law
linked to: Howard University School of Law
subject linked to:
Anna
subject linked to:
Pauli
subject linked to:
Thurgood Marshall (in part dissenting overall)